2006 Toyota Avalon

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO A POST. THE VEHICLE ROLLED ONTO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE DRIVER DIED AT THE SCENE. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT WAS CONSIDERED A HIGH SPEED CRASH. AFTER THE CRASH OCCURRED THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM THE MANUFACTURER CONCERNING THE FLOOR MATS. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY NOTIFIED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE. ANOTHER DRIVER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE PREVIOUSLY ACCELERATED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 30,000. UPDATED 06/24/10 *BF ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, THE DRIVER DRIFTED INTO THE MEDIAN STRIKING A POST. THE DRIVER OVERCORRECTED CROSSING BOTH WESTBOUND TRAVEL LANES AND THE ON RAMP LANE. THE VEHICLE ROTATED NINETY DEGREES AS IT CROSSED THE TRAVEL LANES AND WENT OFF THE RIGHT SHOULDER FACING EASTBOUND AND BEGAN ROLLING. THE DRIVER WAS EJECTED AT THE RIGHT OF WAY FENCE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED ROLLING AND CAME TO REST ON ITS WHEELS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FENCE. UPDATED 06/25/10.*JB UPDATED 9/29/11*CW

The contact owned a 2006 Toyota Avalon. The contact stated that while at a complete stop, the vehicle accelerated independently without warning. The contact heard an abnormal noise as he pressed on the brake pedal; the vehicle eventually came to a stop. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and resume normal driving operation. The contact took the vehicle to a dealer and was informed that a mechanical fault was found with the vehicle. The manufacturer was also informed of the failure and a complaint was filed. The contact continued to experience multiple failures after the vehicle was inspected. On the latest incident, the contact stated that he had entered a car wash on the left lane and attempted to enter the right lane by reversing the vehicle. Once the vehicle was placed into drive, the vehicle made an abnormal, squealing noise and independently accelerated without warning into a concrete wall. The airbags did not deploy upon impact. A police report was filed with Apex City, NC police department. The contact sought medical attention from his doctor for the soreness to his right hand and right knee. The contact had the vehicle initial towed to a dealer where it was deemed a total loss. The vehicle was then towed to an independent tow yard. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and a report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The failure mileage was 155,835

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 5 MPH TO PULL INTO AN UNDERGROUND GARAGE AREA, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND FAILED TO RELEASE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED WITH FORCE, BUT THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AND CRASHED INTO THE GARAGE DOOR. UPON IMPACT, A YELLOW PIECE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG FRACTURED. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND NECK AND SUSTAINED BODILY SCRATCHES AND BRUISING, WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PLANNED TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THE AIR BAG AND ACCELERATION FAILURES. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 10V017000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) AND 09V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL AT THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 216,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, A VEHICLE MERGED INTO THE CONTACT'S LANE AND STRUCK THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE FRONTAL DRIVER AND FEET AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITH GASES AND METAL FRAGMENTS, WHICH INJURED THE DRIVER. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO PRESENT. THE CONTACT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE AND DIAGNOSED WITH A DISLOCATED VERTEBRAE, FACIAL INJURIES, CHEST INJURIES DUE TO THE SEAT BELTS, AND INJURIES TO THE SHIN BECAUSE OF THE FEET AIR BAGS. THE CONTACT REQUIRED SURGERY TO THE DAMAGED VERTEBRAE AND HER HEARING WAS LOST PERMANENTLY. THE DEALER (SHEEHY TOYOTA OF STAFFORD, 95 GARRISONVILLE RD, STAFFORD, VIRGINIA, (540) 720-4700) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO AN UNKNOWN IMPOUND LOT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.*DT*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS CUT OFF BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE BECAME LODGED UNDERNEATH THE OTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND NECK, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED, TOWED TO A TOWING FACILITY, AND LATER TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. A LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A CEMENT BARRIER. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISES THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE TIRE ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE BLEW OUT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VEER INTO A COTTON FIELD. THE VEHICLE FLIPPED FOUR TIMES AND LANDED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS HAD NOT DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK, BACK, AND LEG. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE RIGHT EAR THAT DETACHED FROM THE HEAD, INJURIES TO THE NECK, AND A CONCUSSION. BOTH OCCUPANTS REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE LOT AWAITING AN INSURANCE APPRAISAL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

I REAR ENDED CAR AND THE LOWER AIRBAG DEPLOYED STRIKING ME JUST BELOW BY KNEES. MY RIGHT LEG DEVELOPED A HEMATOMA FROM THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AND REQUIRED SURGERY. I STILL HAVE A LARGE DEPRESSED AREA ON MY LEG, A SCAR, TENDERNESS AND DARKENING OF THE SKIN, ALL WHICH WILL REQUIRE FURTHER SURGERY TO REPAIR.

DRIVING EAST ON COLDSPRING LANE- WAS CROSSING CHARLES ST AT THE INTERSECTION WHEN OTHER DRIVER GOING WEST ON COLDSPRING LANE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO CHARLES ST GOING SOUTH I HAD NO TIME TO HIT THE BRAKES I RAN INTO HIS SIDE OF THE CAR PASSENGER SIDE-MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOYED. THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS TOTAL DESTROYED. MY WIFE AND I SUSTAINED INJURIES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH WHEN THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELT SHOULDER HARNESS FAILED TO RESTRAINT THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WAS 121,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. THE DRIVER WAS DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED WHEN THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD, RESULTING IN A CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE DRIVER WAS REPORTED INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 78,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON LIMITED. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. AS SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL GEAR THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN UNTIL IT CRASHED INTO THE MEDIAN. SHE WAS INJURED BUT DID NOT GO TO THE HOSPITAL. THE POLICE WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED PREVIOUSLY PRIOR TO THE CRASH AND WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER WHO REMOVED THE FLOOR MATS BUT DID NOT REINSTALL A NEW SET. THE DAMAGE WAS TO THE LEFT FRONT STEERING AREA. THE REPAIR COST WAS $3,000. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND A REPRESENTATIVE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND NO MANUFACTURING DEFECTS WITHIN THE VEHICLE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,300 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,645.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED IN REVERSE INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, SPUN AROUND AND CONTINUED INTO A BUILDING DOORWAY. THE CONTACT TRIED TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY FIRMLY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT IT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE STOPPED AFTER REVERSING INTO THE BUILDING. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD REMOVE THE FLOOR MAT AND LOWER THE STEM. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 52,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. THE CONTACT WAS ACCELERATING 10 MPH FROM A COMPLETE STOP AND TO AN INTERSECTION WHEN THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP OR DECREASE IN SPEED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF A TRUCK. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION, FRACTURED WRIST, FRACTURED TUBULAR AND A LACERATION ON HIS LEFT LEG. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE DEALER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD FILE A COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

ON MAY 2008 I WAS IN A ONE CAR ACCIDENT ON THE MAJOR FREEWAY, DETERMINED BY THE POLICE AND SITED A TICKET FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR. ALL I REMEMBER IS MY CAR ACCELERATED AND I WENT TO SLOW DOWN AND LOST CONTROL. MY CAR WAS TOTALED AND IN PIECES ON THE FREEWAY. THIS VEHICLE HAD ALWAYS ACCELERATED SINCE I HAD PURCHASED IT AND DETERMINE THAT IT WAS THE TYPE OF CAR AND WAS NORMAL. I NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE UNTIL WHEN I WENT TO TAKE ANOTHER VEHICLE TO GET REPAIRED I ASKED THEM IF THEY HAD A RECALL WITH ALL OF THE MEDIA EXPOSURE. AT THAT TIME THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY DID HAVE A RECALL AND I ASKED AND WAS TOLD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATE SPEEDS OF 20-30 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THEY DID NOT ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. TWO OF THE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS WERE INJURED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED ACCORDINGLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE FRONT BODY DAMAGE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,382 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32,000. UPDATED 07/19/10. *LJ UPDATED 09/21/10*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CONTACT HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 25,000.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER 2006 TOYOTA AVALON AND CAME UPON A FOUR WAY STOP . THERE WERE TWO VEHICLES IN FRONT OF HER THAT WERE STOPPED AT THE FOUR WAY STOP STREET. SHE EXPERIENCE SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND THE CAR WAS UNCONTROLLABLE AND CRASHED INTO THE BACK END OF A VAN IN FRONT OF HER THAT WAS STANDING STILL. IT CAUSED $9,000 DAMAGE TO HER CAR AND SHE WAS TAKEN TO MA HOSPITAL FOR INJURIES TO HER LEG AND KNEE. THE INJURY TO HER LEG CAUSED HER TO HAVE A OPERATION ON IT AND DAILY MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR OVER TWO MONTHS. NOW SHE HAS A KNEE PROBLEM THAT WILL REQUIRE A REPLACEMENT OPERATION IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WE TRIED TO TRADE IN OUR AVALON INTO A TOYOTA DEALER FOR A NEW AVALON AND THE DEALER SAID HE WOULD HAVE TO REDUCE THE TRADE VALUE $8,000 DUE TO THE CAR BEING WRECKED. WE HAVE HAD THE CAR INTO THE DEALER FOR ALL OF THE RECALLS FIXES BUT THE WIFE WILL NOT DRIVE IT BECAUSE THE FEAR OF ANOTHER SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *TR

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). WAS DRIVING ON NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE,AT AROUND EXIT 7 TRIED TO AVOID A CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR TOTALLY WAS UNCONTROLLABLE , THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP SLOW IT DOWN, ENDED UP CRASHING AGAINST THE JERSEY WALL, BACKED UP BY ITSELF AND TURNED TO FACE THE TRAFFIC IN THE MIDDLE LANE W/ THE UTMOST EFFORT FINALLY STOPPED. MY HUSBAND AND I WERE INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL, WHEN I COMPLAINED TO MY INSURANCE CO. THAT WHAT WE EXPERIENCED WAS BEYOND NORMAL THEY SUGGESTED WE SHOULD COMPLAIN TO TOYOTA, WE CONTACTED TOYOTA AND COMPLAINED ASKED THEM TO INVESTIGATE THIS OCCURRENCE AND WERE ASSURED THAT THEY WILL CHECK THE WRECKED CAR. STATE FARM INSURANCE RECEIVED MY PERMISSION TO RELEASE THE CAR ,AND DOCUMENTED THE DATE OF COMMUNICATION AND THE PERSON AT TOYOTA IN CHARGE OF THIS INVESTIGATION BUT TOYOTA IS PLAYING GAMES OR WOULD NOT RETURN OUR CALLS. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE ALL THE NEWS REPORTS ABOUT CARPETS AND RECALLS. THE IRONY IS WE WENT AHEAD AND BOUGHT A 2009 TOYOTA AVALON THAT IS HOW MUCH WE TRUSTED THIS COMPANY. WE BOTH ARE STILL SUFFERING FROM THE INJURIES OF THIS CRASH OF THE CAR THAT SEEMED TO BE ( POSSESSED ) AS I TOLD MY INSURANCE ADJUSTOR. WE DO NOT KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO TO PROVE OUR CASE AND AT THIS STAGE I AM RETRACTING MY CONSENT FOR TOYOTA TO INSPECT MY CAR. I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU [XXX]. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME IN MY GRANDMOTHER'S 2006 TOYOTA AVALON AT 5:00 A.M. ON JAN. 23, 2010 ON SOUTH LAMAR IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT-HAND TURN ON TO BARTON SKYWAY, I RELEASED MY FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR, THE ACCELERATOR GOT STUCK, AND MY VEHICLE SPED UP WHICH CAUSED ME TO CRASH INTO A TRAFFIC LIGHT POLE. I SUFFERED A FRACTURED HUMERUS AND BROKEN NOSE. *TR